The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
7:06 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3032
Events on this date
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 353.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.83° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.44° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.