The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
5:00 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 176
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 | 153.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 22.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.60° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.91° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.