The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 2039
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
5:50 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1436
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 170.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.64° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.11° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 26.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.