The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 2063
Waning Gibbous
83.7% 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
10:40 PM
9:05 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1733
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 | 227.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -8.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.78° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.11° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.