The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
5:24 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 646
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 | 140.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 17.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.16° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.97° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.