The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1923
Waxing Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
12:29 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3
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 | 78.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 77.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.60° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.31° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.