The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2007
Waxing Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
1:58 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1042
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 | 76.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.89° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.54° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.44° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.