The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2179
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
7:54 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3169
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 294.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.98° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.68° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.