The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 2145
Waning Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
1:20 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2747
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 232.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.98° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.06° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.