The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 2174
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3106
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 | 244.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.85° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.56° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.51° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.