The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 2185
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
8:36 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3242
Events on this date
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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 | 205.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 314.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.19° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.01° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.