The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 24, 1936
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
9:03 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 163
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 | 27.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 128.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / 5.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.69° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.