The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1904
First Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
1:08 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -232
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.19° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.92° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.