The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 23, 1981
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
9:47 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 719
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 | 233.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -6.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.56° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.31° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.