The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 1922
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
9:32 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -11
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.34° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.29° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.