The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 23, 1959
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
7:08 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 447
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 340.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 5.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.79° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.54° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 150.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.