The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
5:23 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 175
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 | 148.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 23.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.77° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.22° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.