The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1926
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
11:00 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 39
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 | 55.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.37° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.61° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.