The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 16, 2171
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
4:47 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3069
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 | 130.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 35.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 26.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.83° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.29° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| 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.