The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 1923
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
7:13 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 153.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -7.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.28° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.78° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.