The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 2110
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
10:13 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2315
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° 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 | 44.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.47° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.23° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.