The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% 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
3:53 PM
4:24 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 881
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 34.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 8.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.66° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.66° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.