The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 2152
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
9:17 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2834
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 | 224.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 291.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.21° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.86° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.