The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 1994
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 880
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.73° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.93° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.