The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 24, 2041
Waning Crescent
42.7% 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
2:11 AM
11:33 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1461
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 | 278.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 240.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -24.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.03° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.03° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.74° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.