The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 24, 2053
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1610
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 84.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 13.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.73° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.93° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.