The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 2102
First Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
1:26 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2216
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.76° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.21° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.