The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
4:59 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1115
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 | 143.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 29.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.32° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.18° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| 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.