The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 22, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
2:19 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 843
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 59.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 46m / 26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.43° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.96° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| 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.