The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 2028
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
3:50 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1300
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 199.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.08° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.43° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.61° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.