The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 1922
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
3:28 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 318.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 216.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.67° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.82° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.