The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2046
Waning Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
8:20 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1524
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 | 211.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.04° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.58° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.