The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 24, 2166
Waning Crescent
35.5% 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
2:28 AM
12:41 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3007
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.25° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.07° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.48° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.