The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1930
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
9:24 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 88
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 | 225.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 291.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -3.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.10° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.84° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| 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.