The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2163
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2971
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 | 234.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.51° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.85° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.