The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 24, 2177
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
2:31 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3143
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 | 315.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 212.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -22.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.77° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.96° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.