The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 1976
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
7:35 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 657
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 328.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 3.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.19° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.72° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.