The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 2166
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
8:13 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3007
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 | 198.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.38° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.22° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.