The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
6:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 171.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 357.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.69° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.