The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1979
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
2:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 219.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -13.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.45° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.05° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.