The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
3:29 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 509
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 | 118.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 47.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.28° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.15° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.