The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2042
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
10:33 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1475
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 108.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 12.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.61° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.16° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.