The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 2048
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
9:20 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1548
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 123.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / 4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.81° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.