The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
10:02 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1090
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 | 253.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.68° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.34° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| 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.