The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2012
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
10:07 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1104
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.16° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.03° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.