The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
4:58 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 510
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 | 138.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 29.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.95° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.70° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| 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.