The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 2030
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
9:17 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1325
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -16.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.81° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.99° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.