The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% 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
1:09 PM
3:00 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 15
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 53.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.21° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.15° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.