The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
4:05 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2698
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 | 124.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 42.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 12m / 23.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.81° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.35° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.