The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1906
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
6:36 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -208
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 168.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.91° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.18° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 17.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.