The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
2:52 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2933
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 | 109.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 54.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.67° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.70° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.