The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1973
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 621
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.20° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.07° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.