The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 1925
Last Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
11:54 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 26
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.48° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.51° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.