The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2036
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
3:52 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1400
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 203.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.84° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.75° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.