The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 2170
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3057
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 | 74.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 15.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.28° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.88° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.