The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 2057
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
9:15 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1659
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 | 220.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.22° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.21° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.