The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 1944
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
12:19 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 261
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 | 262.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 250.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -12.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.11° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.00° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.63° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.