The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2071
Waning Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
1:24 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1833
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 232.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -17.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.30° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.24° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.