The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 23, 2057
Waning Gibbous
79.6% 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
11:05 PM
9:45 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1659
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.24° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.36° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| 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.