The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2011
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
10:32 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 247.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -23.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.12° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.97° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.