The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 2015
Waxing Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
10:57 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 8.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.56° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.90° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.