The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2089
Waxing Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
6:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2056
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 | 157.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 356.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 4.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.02° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.02° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.38° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.