The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
1:53 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 96.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 64.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.33° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.69° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.