The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 1918
Waxing Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -60
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 | 73.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.31° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.97° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.