The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 1954
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
10:02 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 385
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 | 255.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -22.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.47° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.28° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.