The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1921
Waning Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
8:17 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -23
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 304.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.90° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.22° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.