The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1901
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.41° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.18° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.