The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
3:21 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1152
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 49.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.66° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.11° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.