The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 1903
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
9:56 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -246
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 | 240.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.46° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.64° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.