The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 1934
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
9:34 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 138
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 | 35.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 120.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.27° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.