The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1996
Waxing Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 906
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 | 63.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 86.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.26° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.18° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.