The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1998
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
2:04 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 929
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 223.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.30° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.51° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.