The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1141
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 | 57.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 82.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.50° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.08° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.