The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 2069
Waxing Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
9:08 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1808
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.43° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.