The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
4:58 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2526
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 27.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.27° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.09° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.