The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 1949
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
1:05 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 323
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 | 302.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 221.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -28.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.91° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.63° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.