The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 1965
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
10:51 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 522
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.94° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.68° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.