The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 2139
Waning Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
11:15 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2673
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 | 277.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 240.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -26.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.02° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.29° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.95° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.