The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% 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
3:07 PM
5:23 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1215
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 | 125.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 26.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 21.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.87° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.96° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.