The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
6:07 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3131
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 | 155.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 13.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.12° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.03° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.