The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2049
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
10:26 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1561
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 | 244.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.89° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.58° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.