The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 2158
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
1:43 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2908
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 218.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -24.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.18° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.13° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.