The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
6:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 77
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 | 172.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.7° / 353.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 5.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.01° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.33° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 319.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.