The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2153
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
7:31 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2847
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 150.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.36° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.35° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 27.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.