The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 2179
Waning Gibbous
94.7% 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
8:58 PM
7:51 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3168
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 | 206.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 310.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.21° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.08° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.9° |
| 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.