The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
5:45 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1685
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 | 130.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 21.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 21.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.88° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.56° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.