The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 1984
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
10:41 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 756
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.91° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.99° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.