The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 1955
Waning Crescent
32.7% 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
3:05 AM
12:25 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 397
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 | 290.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 233.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -24.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.72° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.57° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.