The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 24, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% 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
1:51 PM
4:51 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2389
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 34.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 27.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.64° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.95° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.