The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 2079
Waning Gibbous
59.5% 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
2:13 AM
11:07 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1932
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 | 259.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -27.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.35° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.60° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| 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.