The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 1932
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
7:43 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 113
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 334.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 8.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.33° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.19° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.