The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
6:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 76
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 | 165.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 0.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.36° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.64° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.