The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 2044
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
9:00 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1498
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 | 223.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.80° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.30° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.