The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 2146
Waxing Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2760
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 | 69.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.23° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.03° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.