The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 24, 1997
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
8:11 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 917
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 313.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -0.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.80° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.27° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.