The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 23, 1908
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -184
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 | 252.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.05° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.40° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.15° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.