The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 2008
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
7:51 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1053
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 | 198.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 321.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.19° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.20° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.