The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 2069
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
7:55 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1808
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 146.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -0.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.56° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.63° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.