The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 2054
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
7:26 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1622
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 12:08 AM, is deepest at 1:49 AM and ends at 3:30 AM. Totality lasts from 1:13 AM to 2:26 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 337.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.25° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.21° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.