The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
5:22 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2761
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 20.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 11.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.07° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.27° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| 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.