The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 2080
Waxing Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
10:28 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1944
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 108.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 8.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.08° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.96° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| 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.