The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% 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
1:38 PM
4:09 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 124.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 41.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 23.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.40° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.85° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| 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.