The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Waning Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1090
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 | 240.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.52° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.19° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.