The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1938
Waning Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
12:00 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 188
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 | 277.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.59° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.25° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.49° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.