The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 2053
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1611
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 83.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.90° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.48° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.