The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 1989
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
8:40 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 818
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 | 224.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -11.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.14° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.85° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.