The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 2090
Waning Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
12:38 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2067
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 239.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.86° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.24° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.