The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 1996
Waxing Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
11:42 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 905
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 | 60.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.33° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.52° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.