The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 2039
Waning Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
11:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1436
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 | 277.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.72° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.98° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.