The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 1925
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
8:16 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 27
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 138.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.90° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.95° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.