The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 23, 1922
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
3:43 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -11
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 205.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.90° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.67° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.