The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1987
Waning Crescent
35.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
11:56 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.1%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 793
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 232.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.04° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.06° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.