The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1922
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
1:56 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -11
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 225.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.65° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.29° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.