The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
4:28 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3094
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 39.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 37m / 28.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.18° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.86° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.