The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 2014
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
1:12 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1128
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 | 277.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.72° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.03° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.