The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1973
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
10:37 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 620
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.37° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.08° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.