The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 2055
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
10:28 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1634
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 | 245.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -8.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.91° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.71° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.