The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
2:10 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -97
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 | 96.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 61.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 26.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.39° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.00° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.