The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
6:01 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.0° / 178.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.93° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.82° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.