The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2020
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
8:09 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 406,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1203
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 140.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / -1.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.43° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.70° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.