The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 1927
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 51
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 | 245.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -10.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.91° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.78° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.