The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1917
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
9:01 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -71
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 129.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.33° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.34° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.