The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
2:36 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2389
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 | 103.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 56.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.03° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.26° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.