The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 1970
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
6:35 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 584
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 333.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -6.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.86° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.96° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.