The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1916
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -85
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 | 248.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.03° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.70° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.