The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 2131
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
9:49 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2574
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 | 230.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 288.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -2.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.63° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.61° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.