The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 234.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -22.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.21° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.81° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.