The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2117
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
11:27 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2402
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 236.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.60° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.04° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.