The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
6:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 385
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 | 167.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 1.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.97° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.90° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.