The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 2196
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
2:19 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3378
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 215.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -22.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.79° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.57° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.