The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2129
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2551
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.09° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.62° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.