The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1970
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
6:56 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 584
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 | 198.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 313.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.46° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.12° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.6° |
| 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.