The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
2:02 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1016
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 | 97.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 62.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 14m / 24.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.94° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.50° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.