The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 1913
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
8:13 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -122
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 | 203.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 316.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 1.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.50° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.53° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.