The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 1916
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -84
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 | 244.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 260.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -25.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.77° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.87° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.