The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 1932
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
8:33 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 113
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 | 215.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -5.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.85° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.47° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.