The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 2197
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
12:48 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3392
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 73.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.93° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.95° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.