The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 2074
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
10:23 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1869
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 | 244.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.46° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.53° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.