The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1960
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
4:15 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 460
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 | 327.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 206.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -8.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.69° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / -2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.44° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.