The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 2077
Waning Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
11:43 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1906
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 | 276.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.54° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.40° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.56° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| 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.