The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 1924
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
8:29 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 14
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 | 206.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.86° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.79° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.