The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1923
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 83.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.68° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.64° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.