The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
2:01 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1622
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 | 103.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 62.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.66° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.65° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.