The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 2068
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
8:56 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1795
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 | 229.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.18° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.42° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| 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.