The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% 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
2:04 PM
4:59 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1919
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 | 132.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 26.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.22° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.56° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.