The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 23, 2178
Waxing Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3156
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 19.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.69° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.34° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.