The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 1920
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
11:49 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -35
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 | 60.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 93.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 14.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.15° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.38° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.