The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2168
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
8:16 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3033
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 | 191.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 309.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -1.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.80° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.