The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 2036
Waning Crescent
17.4% 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
4:18 AM
2:21 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1399
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.49° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.95° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.