The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 2062
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
7:50 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1721
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 | 194.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 327.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 4.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.47° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.89° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| 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.