The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1954
Waning Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 385
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 | 244.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.54° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.12° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.