The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
3:25 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3194
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.70° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.70° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.