The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1976
Last Quarter
46.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
11:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.1%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 657
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 247.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.80° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.61° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.