The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
3:51 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1079
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 | 105.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 45.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.54° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.37° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.