The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 2023
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
11:29 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1240
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.09° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.75° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.