The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 1954
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
9:01 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 385
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.67° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.96° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.