The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 1971
Waning Crescent
6.6% 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
5:11 AM
4:28 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 596
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 | 330.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 203.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.65° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.70° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.