The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2103
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
7:27 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2229
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 | 189.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 308.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.78° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.67° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 144.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.