The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 2000
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
9:11 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 954
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 298.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -0.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.13° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.81° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.