The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
5:11 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1585
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 | 147.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 25.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.28° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.77° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.