The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 1928
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
10:17 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 64
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,100 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 112.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 3.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.31° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.02° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.