The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 1900
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
11:58 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.80° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.53° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.93° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.