The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1944
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
8:12 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 8.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 138.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -9.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.26° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.86° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.