The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
6:21 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 274
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 | 142.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 11.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.87° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.16° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.