The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 2001
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
7:39 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 967
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 146.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.19° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.92° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.