The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 2082
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
9:01 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1968
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 | 227.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -9.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.25° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.91° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| 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.