The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 2106
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
9:19 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2265
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 278.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.96° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.85° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.