The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 2000
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
9:41 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 954
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 | 230.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -4.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.21° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.95° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.