The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1979
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
1:56 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 304.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 225.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.78° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.72° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.