The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
5:56 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 880
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 | 161.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 9.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 10.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.68° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.68° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.