The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 2104
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
5:43 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2241
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 185.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -5.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.39° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.43° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.