The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 1958
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
10:58 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 436
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 | 46.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.25° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.80° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.