The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1957
Waning Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
12:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 423
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 | 286.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.42° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.30° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.