The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 2046
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
8:22 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1523
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 | 218.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.66° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.94° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.