The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
5:32 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 782
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 | 148.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 20.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.32° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.23° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.