The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1982
Waning Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
12:07 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 731
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.04° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.74° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.