The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 2144
Waning Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
9:05 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2735
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 | 228.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.10° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.30° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.