The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 23, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
4:33 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 509
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 | 131.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 36.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 23.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.33° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.00° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.