The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 2074
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
3:08 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1869
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 | 321.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 208.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.93° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.57° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.