The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 1941
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
3:09 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 224
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 | 319.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 212.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.43° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.28° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.