The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 1979
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
9:39 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 230.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -4.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.97° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.70° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.