The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
7:21 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 8.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 154.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -2.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.46° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.04° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.