The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 1911
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
9:17 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -147
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 | 220.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -0.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.32° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.04° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.