The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1935
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
9:09 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 150
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 | 237.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.04° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.33° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.