The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 23, 1987
Waning Crescent
24.5% 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
4:13 AM
12:58 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 793
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 | 300.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 221.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.47° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.24° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.