The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 24, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% 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
1:45 PM
4:20 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 843
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 39.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 24.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.96° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.65° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| 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.