The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 1906
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
6:47 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -208
Events on this date
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Partial solar eclipse
The Moon covers part of the Sun. Not visible from Columbus.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 0.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 159.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.64° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.97° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.