The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 2060
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
7:54 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1696
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 inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 341.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.09° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.14° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.