The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
7:46 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1226
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 344.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 16.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.02° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.74° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 22.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.