The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 1939
Waxing Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
10:41 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 201
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 104.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.61° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.62° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| 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.