The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1951
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 PM
7:43 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 348
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 | 190.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 332.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 7.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.27° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.00° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.