The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1946
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
10:16 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 287
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 | 256.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -22.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.93° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.89° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.