The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 1922
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
2:49 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -11
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 | 315.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 216.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.85° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.47° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.