The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 23, 1936
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
7:47 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 163
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 148.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -0.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.02° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.89° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.