The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 23, 1992
Waning Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 855
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 | 251.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 261.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.40° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.54° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.