The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
4:13 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2253
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 | 129.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 40.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.99° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.20° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.