The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
1:55 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3057
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 | 97.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 22.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.51° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.54° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.