The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
5:58 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1090
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 | 157.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 13.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 16.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.71° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.64° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.