The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 1939
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
4:00 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 199
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.34° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.87° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.