The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Waxing Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
8:54 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1078
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 129.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / 2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.22° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.24° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.