The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1914
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
4:00 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -110
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 193.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -21.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.47° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.14° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.