The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 24, 1985
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
11:08 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 769
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 | 54.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.27° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.60° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.