The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 1985
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
2:54 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 768
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 | 324.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 202.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -25.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.15° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.84° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.