The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 1916
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
8:37 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- -85
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 | 223.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.88° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.40° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.