The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% 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
5:19 PM
5:59 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 782
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 | 161.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 8.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 9.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.08° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.08° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.