The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2145
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
9:17 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2749
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 123.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.77° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.98° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.