The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2044
Waning Crescent
23.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
2:52 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1499
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 209.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.46° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.28° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.