The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1977
Waxing Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
11:35 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 671
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 93.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.70° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.00° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.