The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 2017
Waning Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
4:13 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 315.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 200.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.01° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.15° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.