The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
6:16 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 546
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 15.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 23.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.35° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.16° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.