The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
8:07 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1239
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 140.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.53° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.76° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.