The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
4:39 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1684
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 | 128.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 26.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.65° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.35° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.