The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 1953
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
9:47 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / 5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.48° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.