The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 2136
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2636
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.07° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.90° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.