The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 24, 2003
Waning Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
11:55 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 991
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 238.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.57° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.14° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.