The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1957
Waning Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
1:06 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 422
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 | 294.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.78° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.16° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.