The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 2001
Waning Crescent
34.8% 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
2:35 AM
12:33 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 966
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 | 287.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 237.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.95° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / -2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.53° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.