The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
5:38 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1116
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 | 145.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 12.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.10° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.38° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| 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.