The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2174
Waning Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
10:21 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3107
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 | 249.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 246.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.67° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.61° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.29° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.