The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 1957
Waning Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
12:15 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 422
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 239.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -20.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.57° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.98° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.