The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1906
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
5:45 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -209
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 174.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.75° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.83° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.