The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2063
Waning Crescent
24.4% 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
5:07 AM
2:42 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1734
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 | 300.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 210.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -22.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.00° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.90° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| 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.