The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 1912
Waxing Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -134
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 | 63.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 90.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.43° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.91° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.