The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 1944
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
5:42 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 261
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 172.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.82° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.73° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.