The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
4:18 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 40
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.50° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.27° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| 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.