The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 2169
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
2:19 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3044
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 | 313.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 213.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.20° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.23° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.