The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1968
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
2:29 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 559
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 | 310.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 215.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -20.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.74° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.77° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.