The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1917
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
10:14 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus 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 | 40.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 11.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.35° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.29° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.