The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 1922
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
4:38 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -11
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 194.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -12.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.84° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.86° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.