The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
7:10 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1487
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 | 169.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 338.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 3.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.43° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.40° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.4° |
| 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.