The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 1995
Waning Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
12:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 893
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 | 281.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 242.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.90° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.72° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.