The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 24, 1963
Waxing Crescent
0.7% 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
7:50 AM
7:09 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 154.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.87° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.55° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| 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.