The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 1917
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
9:02 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -72
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 | 27.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 128.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 5.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.84° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.49° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.