The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 1919
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
10:55 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -48
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -20.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.04° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.39° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.