The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
4:36 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 880
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 | 136.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 35.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.92° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.96° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| 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.