The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 1998
Waning Crescent
5.8% 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
5:36 AM
4:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 929
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 332.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 198.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.22° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.90° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.