The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1919
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
7:50 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -48
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 | 200.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.08° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.48° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.