The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 1960
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
2:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 459
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.22° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.90° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.