The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1901
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -269
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 19.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.43° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.03° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.