The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 24, 1919
Waning Crescent
34.5% 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
2:50 AM
12:29 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -48
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 | 288.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 235.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.20° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.74° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.