The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 2023
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
7:54 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1239
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 145.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -2.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.99° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.61° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 348.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.