The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1908
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
10:33 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -183
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.24° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.48° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.