The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1985
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
10:00 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 770
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 113.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 13.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.78° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.66° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.