The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
2:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2959
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 | 96.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.65° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.50° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.