The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 2046
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
8:51 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1523
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 | 232.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.30° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.08° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.