The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 1900
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
7:57 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -283
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 | 203.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / -0.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.79° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.83° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.