The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 2180
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3180
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 | 250.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -16.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.12° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.46° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.