The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1951
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
8:27 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 348
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 | 214.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.18° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.28° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| 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.