The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2118
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
10:26 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2415
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 | 26.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 107.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.11° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.12° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.