The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 24, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
6:08 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1684
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 | 150.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 16.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.59° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.05° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.