The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
3:23 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2018
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 | 115.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 50.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 22.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.93° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.23° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.15° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.