The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1932
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
8:08 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 113
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 1.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.08° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.33° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.