The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1988
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
5:01 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 805
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 | 346.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 180.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -19.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.64° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.78° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.