The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 1952
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
5:46 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 361
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 | 344.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.3° / 187.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -2.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.91° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.13° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.