The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
6:55 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2896
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 | 173.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 353.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 11.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.23° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.55° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.