The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 2166
Waning Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
11:17 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3007
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 | 263.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.97° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.13° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.