The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 1954
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 386
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 | 236.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -23.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.03° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.29° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.