The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
7:35 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1152
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 331.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 5.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.10° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.75° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.