The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 2163
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
9:02 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2970
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.39° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / 1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.10° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| 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.