The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
8:06 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1152
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 | 201.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 317.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.16° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.89° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.