The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 2094
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
1:43 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2117
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 65.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.48° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.51° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.76° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.