The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1992
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
9:58 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 856
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 | 254.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -24.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.76° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.86° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.