The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
5:13 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 818
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 | 135.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 30.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 26.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.52° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.30° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.