The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
92.3% 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
4:20 PM
4:48 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -59
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 | 147.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 28.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 6.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.24° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.69° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.