The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 2046
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
7:54 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1523
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 313.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -2.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.68° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.80° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.