The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1920
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
9:34 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -35
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 | 34.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.60° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.76° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.