The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 2006
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
2:05 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1028
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 211.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -27.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.44° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.23° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.