The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 2080
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
1:59 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1943
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 211.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.29° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.47° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.