The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 1905
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
8:59 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -220
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.55° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.45° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.