The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 2041
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
8:02 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1461
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 | 186.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 337.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.05° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.51° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.