The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1990
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
3:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 830
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 202.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -21.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.07° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.18° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.