The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 1960
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
4:15 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 459
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 198.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.07° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.29° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.