The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
3:08 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -97
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 | 107.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 27.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.40° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.83° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.