The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 2043
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
7:44 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1486
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 | 189.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 333.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.20° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.