The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 24, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
2:03 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1647
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 62.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.90° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.02° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.