The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 1968
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
8:50 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 558
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 211.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 307.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 2.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.61° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.30° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.