The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% 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
12:47 PM
3:05 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 844
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 | 109.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.59° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.66° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.