The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
5:26 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2390
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 | 125.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 26.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.39° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.33° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.