The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 24, 1984
Waning Crescent
39.9% 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
2:20 AM
11:55 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 756
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -23.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.03° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.33° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.