The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% 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
1:58 PM
4:25 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 744
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 | 129.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.54° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.20° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| 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.