The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1981
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
8:46 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 720
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -12.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.71° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.48° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.