The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 23, 1911
Waning Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
12:48 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -147
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 | 297.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 225.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -27.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.69° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.19° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.