The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% 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
3:22 PM
5:45 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1252
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 21.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.29° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.65° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| 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.