The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2187
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
7:52 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3268
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 322.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / 2.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.12° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.90° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 37.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.