The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 2001
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 AM
5:42 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 966
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 173.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.15° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.68° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.