The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1900
Waning Crescent
29.3% 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
3:19 AM
12:57 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 230.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.26° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.29° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.12° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.