The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 24, 1946
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
11:43 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 286
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 | 276.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.99° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.12° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.91° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.