The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 2008
Waning Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
8:24 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1054
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.00° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.16° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.2° |
| 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.