The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
5:50 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1450
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 19.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.58° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.18° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.