The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 24, 2008
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
8:34 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1053
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -10.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.26° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.49° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.