The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 2023
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
1:38 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1238
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 215.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -27.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.28° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.25° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.