The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
1:38 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 942
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 66.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 47m / 17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.43° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.43° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.