The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 23, 2177
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
1:31 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3143
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 221.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -24.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.89° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.77° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.