The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1936
Waxing Crescent
3.8% 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
6:56 AM
9:09 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 164
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 | 21.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 128.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.82° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.54° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.