The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 2158
Waning Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
1:32 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2909
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -23.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.58° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.54° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.