The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 2090
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
2:19 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2067
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 | 308.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 222.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.47° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.61° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.