The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 1936
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
6:31 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 162
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 167.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -7.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.92° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.09° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.