The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
2:36 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 682
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 | 109.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 57.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.19° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.68° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.