The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1979
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
4:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 331.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 199.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.38° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.11° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.