The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 1922
Waning Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
10:10 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -11
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 | 244.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -10.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.53° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.44° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.