The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1941
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
10:08 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 224
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 | 243.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -9.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.68° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.24° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| 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.