The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 1916
Waning Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
9:04 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -85
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 | 235.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.35° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.55° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| 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.