The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2082
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
3:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1969
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 205.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.98° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.71° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.