The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
4:28 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2760
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 | 135.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 36.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.22° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.05° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.