The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 1905
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
9:06 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -221
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 | 220.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 295.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.27° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.12° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.