The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Waxing Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
10:51 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1005
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.73° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.85° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.