The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 1998
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
10:01 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 929
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.45° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.48° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.