The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1928
Waxing Crescent
11.6% 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
8:20 AM
10:29 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 65
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.58° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.88° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.