The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 1962
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
9:24 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 484
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 | 225.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -3.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.66° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.52° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.