The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 2018
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
7:04 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 154.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.37° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.92° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.