The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1914
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
5:02 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -109
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.6° / 194.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.97° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.49° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.