The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 2023
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
11:41 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1239
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 | 58.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.77° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.17° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.