The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 1992
Waning Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
9:15 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 855
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 | 238.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.15° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.39° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.