The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
4:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 645
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.39° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.75° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.