The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 24, 2005
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
7:42 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1016
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 | 185.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 337.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 10.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.88° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.69° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.