The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 2103
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
7:58 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2228
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 | 208.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -6.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.14° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.19° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.