The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1968
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
2:17 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 558
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 | 315.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 209.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -26.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.14° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.62° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.