The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1937
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 175
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 84.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.56° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.17° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.