The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 2169
Waning Crescent
14.6% 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
5:52 AM
3:59 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3045
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 197.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.70° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.00° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.