The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1936
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
11:45 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 281.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 239.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -24.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.86° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.37° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.75° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.