The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 2109
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
7:55 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2302
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 | 195.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 326.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.46° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.98° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.