The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
4:30 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 127.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 24.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.90° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.47° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.