The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 2185
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
11:46 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3242
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -16.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.22° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.93° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.