The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 1963
Waning Crescent
2.6% 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
6:28 AM
4:45 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 496
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 186.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.88° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.05° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.