The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 1985
Waxing Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
9:10 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 769
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 | 32.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / -0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.98° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.