The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 2060
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1696
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.58° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.02° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.