The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
6:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 620
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 | 170.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 357.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.70° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.10° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| 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.