The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% 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
12:42 PM
2:30 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1177
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 | 107.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 35m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.98° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.46° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| 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.