The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 2092
Waxing Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
2:04 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2092
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 62.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.34° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.20° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.