The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 1943
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
9:38 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 249
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 2.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.79° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.10° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.