The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 2020
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
7:12 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1202
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 154.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / -6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.56° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.08° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 31.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.