The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
6:25 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 150
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 | 160.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 8.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.09° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.68° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| 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.