The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
7:00 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1252
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 347.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 7.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.91° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.16° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.