The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
6:31 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 781
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 22.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.04° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.38° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.