The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1900
Last Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
11:07 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -283
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.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.78° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.31° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.76° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.