The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 24, 2022
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
11:41 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1226
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 | 280.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -24.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.11° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.94° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.