The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 2009
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
6:11 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1065
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 171.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.09° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.60° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.