The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 2123
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
2:47 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2475
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 213.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.57° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / -2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.26° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.