The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2198
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
7:54 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3404
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.73° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.48° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.2° |
| 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.