The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
5:58 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 175
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 | 160.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 12.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.15° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.07° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.