The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 1974
Waning Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
2:12 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 632
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 | 299.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 215.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.92° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.86° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.