The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 1948
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
6:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 312
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 351.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 4.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.14° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.53° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.