The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2016
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
8:07 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1153
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 | 192.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.12° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.57° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| 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.