The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
3:46 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2489
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 45.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.58° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.95° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| 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.