The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 23, 2164
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
7:56 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2983
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 144.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -2.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.74° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.95° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.