The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 1921
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
7:04 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -23
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 340.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 4.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.88° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 158.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.