The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 24, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
5:01 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -196
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.10° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.06° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.