The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
4:55 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 39
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 | 136.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 32.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 31m / 21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.15° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.44° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.