The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
6:43 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2897
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 345.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 2.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.45° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.91° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| 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.