The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 2169
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
10:25 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3044
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -8.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.23° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.20° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.