The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1960
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
9:29 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 459
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -4.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.07° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.90° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.