The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 21, 2022
Waning Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
9:55 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1226
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.37° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.45° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.