The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 1996
Waning Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
3:48 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 904
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.63° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.10° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.