The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 2139
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
1:14 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2673
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 | 302.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 222.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -26.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.90° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.73° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.31° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.