The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 2171
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
9:08 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3070
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 | 218.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.00° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.27° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.