The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
4:13 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -196
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 21.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.11° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.21° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.