The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 24, 2014
Waning Crescent
28.3% 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
3:09 AM
1:17 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1127
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 | 295.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 232.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -18.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.89° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.58° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.