The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1973
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 620
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 | 243.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.37° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.75° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.