The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 2000
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
9:12 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 955
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 | 233.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.11° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.27° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.