The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 2017
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 246.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -8.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.20° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.27° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.