The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
3:22 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -196
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 49.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.24° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.37° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.