The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
3:55 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2254
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 | 110.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.83° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.75° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.