The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 1982
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
6:05 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 732
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 | 350.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 176.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.49° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.19° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 37.9° |
| 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.