The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
2:43 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 110.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.44° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.27° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.