The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 1930
Waning Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
1:16 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 89
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -24.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.44° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.16° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.