The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 23, 2144
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
9:45 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2735
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.59° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.45° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.