The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 1971
Waning Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
3:01 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 595
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 | 322.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 205.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -23.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.95° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.36° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.