The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% 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
4:00 PM
5:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 719
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 | 153.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 16.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.01° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.69° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.