The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 2071
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
8:26 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1832
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 | 208.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 310.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 0.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.65° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.51° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.