The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 2006
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
1:00 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 294.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 226.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.60° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.19° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.