The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 24, 2025
Waning Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
2:23 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1263
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 | 316.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 209.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.84° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.03° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.