The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1924
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
9:04 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 14
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 | 219.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.95° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.93° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.