The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2008
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
8:00 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1054
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 | 201.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 292.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -13.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.88° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.00° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.