The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1981
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
9:19 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 719
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 294.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -2.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.58° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.15° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.