The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
3:53 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2525
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° 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 | 126.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.50° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.86° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.