The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 24, 1974
Waxing Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
10:05 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 633
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 6.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.59° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.58° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.