The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1903
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
2:45 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -245
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 | 309.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 223.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.47° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.00° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.