The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2068
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
10:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1796
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -21.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.34° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.65° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.38° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| 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.