The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 2148
Waning Crescent
13.9% 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
4:39 AM
2:42 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2784
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 214.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.88° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.00° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| 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.