The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
5:35 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1115
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 | 154.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 13.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.78° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.03° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.