The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
6:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1017
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 | 166.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 2.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / 6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.53° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.28° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.