The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 2086
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
9:58 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2018
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 | 39.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 7.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.77° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.21° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.