The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
4:10 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 745
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 | 124.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.98° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.06° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.