The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 1976
Waning Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
1:23 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 293.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -15.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.19° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.11° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.