The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 2003
Waning Gibbous
61.3% 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
12:02 AM
10:36 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 991
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 | 257.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.76° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.81° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.