The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
5:27 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3095
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 26.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 22.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.59° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.08° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.