The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
2:12 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -258
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.35° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.73° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.