The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1910
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
7:52 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -159
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 | 186.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 336.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.62° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.86° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.