The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% 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
3:54 PM
6:05 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -85
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 16.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.68° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.45° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.