The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 1911
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
1:41 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -147
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 215.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -27.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.81° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.38° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.