The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1964
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
9:41 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 509
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / -1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.83° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.19° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.