The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 2029
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
9:35 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1313
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 | 36.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 119.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 6.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.44° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.