The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
4:09 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1549
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 | 112.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.95° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.77° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.