The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
4:24 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2019
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 37.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.34° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.37° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| 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.