The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 1990
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
4:35 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 830
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 190.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.45° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.38° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.