The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1912
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
10:58 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -134
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 | 51.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.34° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.10° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| 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.