The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1900
Last Quarter
45.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
11:50 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -282
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 243.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.53° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.13° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.09° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.