The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 23, 2068
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
9:28 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1795
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 | 240.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.33° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.58° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.