The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
6:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1252
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 0.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.10° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.32° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.