The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
1:51 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 99.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 65.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 24m / 17.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.15° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.48° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| 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.