The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 1981
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
8:17 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 720
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.84° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.32° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.