The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 2154
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
5:00 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2860
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.61° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.88° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.