The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% 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
12:34 PM
2:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 708
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 | 103.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.14° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.81° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.90° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.