The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 1952
Waning Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 360
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 | 244.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 269.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.76° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.41° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.52° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.