The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1962
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
8:25 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -10.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.95° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.70° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.