The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
6:10 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2155
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 | 140.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 12.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.90° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.98° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.