The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 24, 2160
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
8:21 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2933
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 | 218.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -10.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.51° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.41° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.