The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
3:46 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 15
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.73° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.98° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.