The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1959
Full Moon
100.0% 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
6:56 PM
6:15 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 448
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.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 2:16 PM, is deepest at 3:11 PM and ends at 4:06 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 347.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.57° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.