The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2003
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 AM
9:51 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 992
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 | 252.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 256.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -23.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.10° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.93° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.