The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 2189
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
2:36 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3292
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 24.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.66° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.73° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.