The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 1921
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
7:41 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -23
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 321.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 0.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.58° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.08° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.