The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
7:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -184
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 | 172.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 353.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.33° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.