The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 2198
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
7:41 PM
7:17 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3403
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 | 191.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 330.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 0.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.27° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.74° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.