The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1984
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
11:23 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 757
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 240.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -25.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.56° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.48° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.