The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 23, 1976
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
12:32 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 287.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 237.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -20.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.24° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.79° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.