The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2122
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
7:44 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2464
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -12.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.39° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.46° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.