The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 22, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% 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
4:30 PM
6:42 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1251
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 6.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 21.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.76° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.96° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.9° |
| 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.