The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
7:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 171.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 355.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.72° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.82° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.6° |
| 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.