The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
5:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1586
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 | 150.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 6.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.48° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.97° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.