The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
6:14 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1252
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 11.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.24° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.48° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.