The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 2160
Waning Gibbous
94.9% 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
8:54 PM
7:50 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2933
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 | 205.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 311.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.22° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.27° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.