The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1947
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
1:53 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 298
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 | 311.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 215.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -25.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.27° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.21° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.