The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 22, 1988
Waxing Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 806
Events on this date
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Mars, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.48° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.81° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.04° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.