The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2161
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
6:02 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2946
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 180.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -3.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.81° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.66° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.