The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1971
Waning Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 595
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 | 249.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.88° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.29° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.