The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 2030
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1326
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.86° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.61° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| 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.