The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 2182
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
9:41 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3205
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 | 238.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.03° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.06° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.