The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2014
Last Quarter
54.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
12:10 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.7%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1128
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.64° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.85° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| 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.