The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 2179
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
7:18 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3168
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 330.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 0.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.95° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.94° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.