The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
2:12 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 98.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 25.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.42° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.16° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.