The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1984
Waning Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
10:34 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 757
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -24.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.98° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.29° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.