The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 2068
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1795
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 | 251.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.67° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.57° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.74° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.