The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 2052
Waning Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
12:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1597
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 | 280.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.94° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.80° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.