The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 23, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
4:22 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 25.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.34° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.25° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.