The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2060
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
11:24 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1697
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 | 262.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 238.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.36° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.33° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.00° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.