The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 1968
Waning Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
1:09 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 558
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 | 303.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 220.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -28.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.39° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.43° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.