The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1966
Waxing Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
9:24 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 535
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 | 28.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 122.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 10.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.79° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.47° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.