The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 2038
Waning Gibbous
77.9% 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
11:17 PM
9:52 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1424
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 | 236.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.18° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.55° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.