The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
5:03 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 411
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 | 156.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 20.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.14° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.12° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.