The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 1933
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
5:33 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 126
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 | 343.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 188.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.74° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.31° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.