The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 23, 1939
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
10:44 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 200
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 | 48.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.01° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.75° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.