The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 1976
Waning Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
1:29 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 299.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.42° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.97° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.