The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 2007
Waxing Crescent
32.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.1%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1041
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 83.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 19.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.56° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.26° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.