The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
2:33 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 313.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 217.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.29° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.32° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.