The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Waxing Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
12:04 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 80.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.37° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.75° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.53° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.