The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 2003
Last Quarter
54.2% 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
1:29 AM
10:41 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 992
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.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -25.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.97° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.10° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.