The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 2052
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
1:34 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1598
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 | 282.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 231.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.98° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.62° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.