The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1974
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
8:59 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 634
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 | 9.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 129.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.90° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.66° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.