The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 1938
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
8:05 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 187
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 | 206.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 312.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / -1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.48° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.26° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.2° |
| 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.