The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 2073
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
8:15 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1858
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 | 193.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 306.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.14° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.80° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.