The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1927
Waning Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 52
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.27° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.61° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.10° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| 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.