The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
4:55 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1189
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 | 138.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 31.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 21.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.20° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.23° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.