The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 2183
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
8:58 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3219
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 129.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 4.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.46° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.55° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.