The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 1995
Waning Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
1:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 892
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 | 298.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.02° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.76° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.