The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1968
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
12:10 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 558
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 | 290.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -27.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.51° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.25° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.