The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 2006
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
8:56 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1028
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 | 217.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.86° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.89° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.