The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 2081
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
7:12 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1957
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 7:44 PM, is deepest at 8:19 PM and ends at 8:53 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 330.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -0.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.77° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.