The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1940
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
6:52 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 213
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 | 192.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 324.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -6.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.57° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.06° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| 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.