The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1949
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
2:03 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 324
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 | 306.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 218.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.08° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.96° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.