The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1912
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
12:24 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -133
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 | 71.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 74.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.19° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.57° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.