The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1963
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
5:56 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 496
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 171.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.22° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.25° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 37.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.