The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1938
Waning Crescent
27.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
1:16 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.2%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 187
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 | 297.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 229.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.73° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.54° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.