The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 24, 2109
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
1:42 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2302
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 | 301.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 228.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.00° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.23° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| 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.