The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1988
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
12:38 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 806
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 23.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.75° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.97° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.86° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.