The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 2022
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
9:29 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1226
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -5.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.76° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.30° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.