The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 23, 1905
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
9:44 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -221
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 | 234.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -7.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.97° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.27° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.