The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 1947
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
9:09 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 300
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 | 25.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 126.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 8.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.58° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.29° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.