The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 24, 2061
Waxing Crescent
24.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
11:46 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.2%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1709
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.38° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.59° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| 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.