The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 23, 2015
Waxing Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 64.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 12.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.68° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.71° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.