The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 2019
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
9:20 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1189
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 | 222.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.38° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.59° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| 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.