The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
6:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1486
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 1.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.63° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.20° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.