The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 2196
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
8:27 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3378
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -6.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.02° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.26° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.