The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 2188
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
1:54 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3279
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 | 309.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 217.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.84° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.86° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.