The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1955
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
8:57 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 398
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 | 26.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 129.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / 5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.87° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.