The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 2139
Waning Gibbous
93.3% 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
9:01 PM
8:20 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2673
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / -2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.56° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.01° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.