The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 2019
Waning Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
9:53 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1189
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 | 235.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.62° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.73° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.