The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 2058
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
7:17 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1672
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 152.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -10.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.63° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.89° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.