The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 23, 2188
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
2:50 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3279
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 | 320.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 207.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -23.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.29° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.04° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.