The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 2022
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
9:04 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1226
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 301.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / 0.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.30° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.15° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.