The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 2025
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
9:08 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1263
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 | 226.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -7.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.57° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.66° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| 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.