The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 2070
Waxing Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1820
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 | 71.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 13.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.06° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / 2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.91° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.