The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
1:43 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 707
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 | 98.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.87° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.24° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.