The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 23, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
5:18 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 410
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 24.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.74° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.42° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.