The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 1917
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
12:19 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -73
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 232.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -25.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.01° / -2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.14° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.