The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 2147
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
12:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2773
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 242.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.76° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.12° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.