The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
6:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 212
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 | 169.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 359.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.90° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.39° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| 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.