The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1962
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
8:56 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 484
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 | 214.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 303.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / 0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.73° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.37° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.