The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 24, 1908
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
11:11 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -184
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.30° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.32° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.