The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
3:13 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 139
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.10° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.86° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.