The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
7:19 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1252
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 333.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.72° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.