The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 23, 1903
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
3:04 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -246
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 | 318.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 213.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.36° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.85° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.