The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Waning Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1226
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 | 254.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.14° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.60° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.