The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1942
First Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
1:40 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 237
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 67.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.12° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.33° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.