The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
5:30 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 274
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 | 130.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 24.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 22.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.17° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.31° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.