The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 2008
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
8:12 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1053
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 | 210.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 305.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.85° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.34° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.