The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 2007
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
5:05 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1040
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 180.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.51° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.57° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.