The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
4:18 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1053
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 40.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 27.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.06° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.65° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| 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.