The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 1940
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
7:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 212
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 340.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.15° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 156.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.