The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1965
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
8:09 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 521
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 333.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 13.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.33° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.48° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.