The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1929
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
7:33 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 76
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 345.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.54° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 9.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.