The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 1989
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
7:07 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 204.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 303.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.92° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.89° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.