The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1903
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
2:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -246
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 223.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.48° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.66° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.