The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 2019
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.06° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.37° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.