The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 2046
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
7:48 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1524
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.20° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.43° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.