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From Moongiant.com
The Moon will be in a Full Moon phase today and tonight. During a Full Moon the moon is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth and is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. The Moon will be visible throughout the night sky rising at sunset in the east and setting with the sunrise the next morning. The point at which a Full Moon occurs can be measured down to a fraction of a second. The time it takes between full moons is known as a Synodic month and is 29.530587981 days long. Keep track of all the Full Moons throughout the year on the Full Moon Calendar >
Visit the February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Full Moon Phase
The Full Moon on February 16 has an illumination of 100%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On February 16 the Moon is 14.56 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.
The 8 Lunar Phases
There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.
Phase Details
Illumination: 100%
Moon Age: 14.56 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 393,660.25 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,815,985.47 km
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Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA
February 16, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:19 Leo 02
Mercury:01 Aquarius 01
Venus:16 Capricorn 32
Mars:16 Capricorn 26
Jupiter:10 Pisces 44
Saturn:17 Aquarius 17
Uranus:11 Taurus 10
Neptune:21 Pisces 56
Pluto:27 Capricorn 25
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 08 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 06 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 34
Chiron:09 Aries 54
Ceres:01 Gemini 12
Pallas:00 Aries 37
Juno:05 Aquarius 36
Vesta:18 Capricorn 42
Eris:23 Aries 48
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:2
Fixed:8
Mutable:4
Northern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 16, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:00 Virgo 42
Mercury:01 Aquarius 56
Venus:17 Capricorn 04
Mars:17 Capricorn 07
Jupiter:10 Pisces 57
Saturn:17 Aquarius 23
Uranus:11 Taurus 11
Neptune:21 Pisces 58
Pluto:27 Capricorn 26
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 03 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 40
Chiron:09 Aries 56
Ceres:01 Gemini 22
Pallas:00 Aries 57
Juno:05 Aquarius 58
Vesta:19 Capricorn 10
Eris:23 Aries 48
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:2
Fixed:7
Mutable:5
Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
16 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:26 Leo 58
Mercury:01 Aquarius 38
Venus:16 Capricorn 54
Mars:16 Capricorn 54
Jupiter:10 Pisces 53
Saturn:17 Aquarius 21
Uranus:11 Taurus 11
Neptune:21 Pisces 57
Pluto:27 Capricorn 26
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 59 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 04 Rx
Chiron:09 Aries 55
Ceres:01 Gemini 19
Pallas:00 Aries 51
Juno:05 Aquarius 51
Vesta:19 Capricorn 01
Eris:23 Aries 48
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:2
Fixed:8
Mutable:4
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