The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 2080
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
8:17 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1944
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 | 21.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 138.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.41° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.35° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.