The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1962
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
9:53 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 484
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 | 236.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.72° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.68° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| 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.