The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
4:42 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -221
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 | 138.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 32.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.88° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.71° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.