The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 24, 2019
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1189
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 | 248.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.38° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.10° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.89° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| 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.