The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
4:38 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 138
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 37.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 25.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.10° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.88° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.