The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1951
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
6:54 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 349
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 318.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -10.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.58° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.31° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.